How To Play Kantele Tutorial 1 - Fingering Techniques

In this episode I explore fingerings for 5, 11, and 15 string kantele, and explain how I arrived at my own preferred fingerings, and when to use different variations to find your own voice. Every player is unique, and I have developed my techniques primarily as a musician for dances. Honeypaw plays the Finnish kantele and the Lithuanian kankles in our recordings and performances. Stay tuned for show announcements in 2026 Past Performance Highlights: October 22, 2025 – Northern Turtle Island Collective B2BBQ, Ravintola Telakka, Tampere (FI) July 8-10, 2025 – Kaustinen Music Festival, Kaustinen (FI) August 9-10, 2025 – Live from the Rock Folk Festival, Red Rock (CA) October 11-29, 2024 –Songs Sealed in Wax Tour: Vilnuis, Kaunas, Utena, Valkininkai, Marcinkonys, Biržai, Nemunėlio Radviliškis (LT) August 10-11, 2024 – Kingsville Music Festival, Kingsville (CA) September 23, 2023 – Nuit blanche at the Aga Khan Museum, Toronto (CA) May 20, 2023 – Pajot Festival, Kontiolahti, (FI) August 27, 2022 –Mėnuo Juodaragis Festival XXII, Dūburys Island, (LT) September 25-26, 2021 – Festival Terre Ferme, Godmanchester (CA) December 4, 2020 – Estonian Music Week, Toronto (CA) You can find all of our albums on Bandcamp: ▶️ https://honeypawband.bandcamp.com/alb... ▶️ https://honeypawband.bandcamp.com/alb... ▶️ https://honeypawband.bandcamp.com/alb... Links: 🔅 Honeypaw - http://www.honeypawband.com/ ▶️ Facebook -   / honeypawband   📷 Instagram -   / honeypawband   Filmed and edited by Jurgita Žvinklytė Kantele by Matti Palonen Check out other great Baltic Psaltery players from Finland, Latvia, and Lithuania 🎵 Arja Kastinen    / arjakastinen   🎵 Maija Pokela    / @maijapokela   🎵 Maija Kauhanen    / @maijakauhanen   🎵 Laima Jansone    / laimajansone   🎵 Agota Zdanavičiūtė    / agotija   Gear: 🎥 Canon Legria HF G10 🎛️ Zoom H6 🎙️ Apex 540